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== Notable Papers/Pages ==
== Notable Papers/Pages ==
=== Turing Patterns/Reaction Diffusion Patterns ===
=== Turing Patterns/Reaction Diffusion Patterns ===
[http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=6&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcsmres.jmu.edu%2Fgeollab%2FFichter%2FGS102%2F2004handouts%2Freactiondiffusion2.PDF&ei=C19_SJuwNpye1gavjeDWCQ&usg=AFQjCNFifmBEne6pl0i767IGFEcmSYztnw&sig2=GC7WmW1b4ufJ-LRvpSFJdw Short intro on reaction/diffusion systems]
[http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=6&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcsmres.jmu.edu%2Fgeollab%2FFichter%2FGS102%2F2004handouts%2Freactiondiffusion2.PDF&ei=C19_SJuwNpye1gavjeDWCQ&usg=AFQjCNFifmBEne6pl0i767IGFEcmSYztnw&sig2=GC7WmW1b4ufJ-LRvpSFJdw Short introduction to reaction/diffusion systems and pattern formation]


=== Bacillus subtilis ===
=== Bacillus subtilis ===

Revision as of 08:05, 17 July 2008

Overview

This project seeks to generate Turing Patterns by creating a Reaction-Diffusion system in the gram-positive bacteria Bacillus subtilis. We need to integrate two signalling systems into this bacterium and use an autofeedback mechanism to generate self-organizing patterns from random noise. We plan to incorporate the agr" peptide signalling system from "S. aureus and the lux AHL system from V. fisheri.

Steps/Progress

Resources

Notable Papers/Pages

Turing Patterns/Reaction Diffusion Patterns

Short introduction to reaction/diffusion systems and pattern formation

Bacillus subtilis

B. Subtilis Transformation Protcol - Electroporation

agr system

lux system

Quorum Sensing/Cell-Cell Communication